Collar flap and necktie holder



Feb. 19,1935.

.1. A. DRINKWATER COLLAR FLAP AND NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Sept. '11, 1933 Iv-(w Patented Feb. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an article of manufacture particularly adaptedfor holding the flap of shirt collars in proper position. In conjunctionwith the structure for accomplishing the foregoing object there isincorporated in the-device facilities for embracing the neck-tie of thewearer for the purpose of preventing excessive outward bulging of thetie from the shirt.

The objects sought in the invention are to provide a simple, effectiveand easily applied collar flap fastener, one which will firmly hold theflaps down but which will not deface or injure them as there arerequired no holes to be made in the fabric, as is the case with thesafety-pin type of fastener. Y

The device comprises a bar, preferably butnot necessarily of tubularform, on the ends of which and integral therewith are the inner orimmovable jaw portions, respectively, of two clasps which grip the flapsunder a yielding tension.

The neck-tie holder portion of the device isof arcuate form and ispivoted on one of its ends to the tubular bar part of the device andswings from itspivotal point to embrace the tie, the free end of theholder or binder being notched to engage the bar portion and becomelocked thereto.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawing in whichI'use like reference characters to identify similar parts in all thedifferent views of the drawing.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the flap-holder portion of the device, thetie binder being removed;

Fig. 4 shows the form of the blank from which the base portion of thedevice is made;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the lower jaws of the claspmembers, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the application of the device.

Referring to the drawing, C represents a detached, soft collar for mensneck-wear, and Ca, Ca the flaps of the collar. The device, of course, isfully as applicable for shirts having attached collars.

In Fig. 3 I show the holder in its simplest form.- that of a collar flapfastener the base or principal element in which is shown in blank formin Fig. 4.

When brought into its ultimate shape by the use of proper forming dies,this base portion comprises an intermediate bar 1, of tubular form witha flat jaw portion 2 at each end thereof. Thejaw portion is slightlyraised at its marginal'part forming a stiffening flange 2a and at theextreme ends are upturned points 2b which assist in securing a firm holdon the fabric flaps but which are not intended to be sharp enough topuncture the cloth.

Extending from the sides of the jaws are cars 3 in which are holes 4. Inthese holes is a pin 5 around which is a torsional spring 6 one end ofwhich engages the jaw 2 and the other end the jaw 7 which is the outeror movable element of each clasp.

Jaw 7 has ears 8 in which are holes 9, the pin 5 operating in theseholes also. The spring 6 tends to keep the jaws in each clasp in mutualengagement so that when embracing a collar flap a yielding tension isapplied to them.

In holes 10 in the bar 1 is a pin 11, swingingly mounted on which is anarcuate shape neck-tie binder member 12. The free end of this'member(12) has a notch 13 cut in itand when swung into closed position thisend passes into the cut out portion a in the bar 1, the notch engagingthe lip 14 securely locking the binder on the bar. It will be understoodthat the binder member, when about to enter the opening a is slightlysprung, endwise, the bevelled end first engaging the lip 14 before theend finally passes into the opening.

The binder 12 may, if desired carry some ornament, as an engraved plate,a stone or other embellishment, E. Fig. 6 shows the device as it appearson the collar and neck-tie of a wearer. In case the person wears a bowtie the neck-tie binder may be removed from the bar by withdrawing thepin 11 and the end of the binder from opening b.

The ease with which the article can be attached and detached from thecollar flaps and the necktie enclosed by the binder are its appealingfeatures.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a base member havingan intermediate portion circular in cross-section, a substantially flatjaw made integral with said portion disposed on each end thereof, anopening in said intermediate portion, near one endthereof, an arcuatebinder member pivotally secured in said opening, means on the free endof said binder to lock it to said intermediate portion adjacent itsopposite end, and ajaW mounted on each of said integrally formed jawsadapted to provide two operable clasps the jaws of which are yieldinglyengageable.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base member having atubular intermediate portion of slightly arcuate shape and having twoopenings disposed, respectively, adjacent its ends, of which ispivotally mounted in one of the opena flat portion extending from eachend of said ings in said intermediate portion, a notched porintermediateportion, made integral therewith, tion on the free end of said bindermember, and said fiat portion constituting the immovable jaw a lipadjacent the other of said openings adapted 5 of a clasp member, amovable jaw mounted on and to engage said notched portion and lock thefree in yielding tension with each of said integrally end of said bindermember to said base member. formed jaws, an arcuate binder member oneendJOHN A. DRINKWA'I'ER.

